Fishing line reel



B. U. ROACH FISHING LINE REEL Oct. 13, 1931.

Filed July 17, 1929 5 I I. il rllllllll. III! ill :lllial'li'llll'lll pi V I Gum/"e1 0.

V f atented Octal 3;, 1931i I V the primary'obje ct,

.Ipermitthe reel to be rotated to reel or. unreel l thelline; v c

partingffrom the spirit of the invention. a

l s ("theinvention. f 7 we Fi ur 2 is a plan vlewzthereof. I

I p of locking'm'eans.

. to whichthe reel forming'the subject matter The reel includes asupportfi whichfis in; c the form of a bracket that maybe secured to? f V 1 v v being provided with a nut26 b'ymeansof l fromthe support or bracketfi is ashaft 7501i whichit might be slid-into and out :o'0

provided Withr j Application filedjluly 17,;

i This invention relates to fishing' line; reels,

oftheinventionbe ngto p w p I I V g in'ent'i"llhis-ilocking plate l0""-isfgprovided provide novel means forlocking thereel againstrotary, movement when the deslred 5 length of line hasbeen unreeled;

An important ob ect of the-invention is to provide fa locking means'rof this character which may be readily and easily releasedto With; the foregoing other in v view, whichwillappear as the descr ption proceeds,',the inventionresides in the com:

v I I bination' andarrangement";ofiparts. and in 1 the details of construction,heremafter de-' scribed and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the in: c vent-ion herein disclosed,"may be made with- T in the scope of what is claimed; Without de- Referring to the drawings:

" Figure l is a sectional v ew ingl line reel constructed in accordance with Figure 3 isaplan view showing the'reelas' moved to its normal position. v Figure 4 is a longitudinalsectional view through a reel provided with a modified form 1 Figure '5 is a plan view thereoi. I V Figure 6 is a longitudinal sectional view through a furthermodifiedform of the inf vention. V V I V Figure 7 is a'planviewthe'reoi' Referring to thedrawings indetail, the j reference character 5 designates a fishing rod,

' V of this invention, is secured, 1

therod 5 in any'desiredma'nner; Extending which the reel 8 is mounted, the shaft 7 being;

side surfaces. I

' ;im' eans' of the bolt' ll' extending from the "finger piece or handle 12, which bolt passes fBUR'rUs UeInN Roach, or "Ronso i FISHING iiv l3whichfis e a vi "the pin throughthese openings when it is in its active or inactive position, afri'ction member 21 is secured; thereto and operates to- 1onwinding the line thereon; As shown by c igure 6 of'the drawings the reelis provided with alocking pin 22 movable through the I p elongatedop'ening'23 of there'ehthe inner loo .7

head 9 formed with straight adj acent tofj'one end The reference character 10 7 J designates a locking 'platewhichis slidably 1, mounted on the reel and held in position by magil 'a aonga ea rem d permit -0rs11ain meveeras-or heme,r

with an opening I elongated? portion head, 9, sojt'hat; en' the 11a position "as shown bf'FigiireiQ of the drawingg th e w -b r e g n ry I. e ymovem'ent. v o 3 y r g, p

When it is desired to'rotate the reel, thefio locking plate is slid to a'position as shown byFigure 3 of the drawings, whereupon the s headf9.inoveswithin the enlarged portioniof I the open ng, allowing the reelto be rotated g to'wind the fishing line thereon i I .In the formof the IIIVGIltlOIlfELS shown by i Figures, the support or bracket is indicated? by the'r eference characterll'a'nd is provided witha supporting shaft l5that extends lat erally therefromgrThe bracket 14.isearched'-"i.0 land :is provided with a slot 16 to receive. the pin 17 thatextends through the $66118. i V The pin 17 is movable through the elongated l openings 19 of the sidesections of thereel;

thereb'eing 'provided a handle 20 at one end"? of the pin to permit theoperator toaslide,

desired to lock or unlock the reel.

In'order that the locking pin will be held setup a binding action between the reel and member21.f Itmightbe further stated that the member 20falso acts as a handle to rotate the reel end of thepin being constructed; to move-- intogthe slot- 24: offthe bracket 25, the pin mean. Ahandle27'isjprovidedontherreel reel may be rotated.

'Fromtheforegoing 't alibabeoaaa I duetothe construction shown and described;

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dth we; aceemmea te the Qg; v,

movedto aj to permit the fishing line to be reeled or unreeled therefrom;

I claim: 1. In a reel, a bracket having an oflset [1 portion, formed with a slot, a shaft extending from the bracket, a reel rotatably mounted 0n.,the shaft, ,,said reelehaving, elongated openings at gimysliilably mounted in the elongated openings and adapted to extend 10 into the slot of the bracket to hold the reel 7 against rotary movement, and; means; finr normally holding the pin against movement.

2. In a reel, a bracket having ar-longitu'dinal opening, a reel mounted for. rotary move- 16 ment on the bracket, apin sli'dablfy mounted on the-reel, andzadapted to extend: into the elnngateda opening tohold' the reelagainst rotang mm ement anQfimeanS for normally holdingiheninagainstimomementh I 20;, IIl-fiBStlII-IOIIX that I; claim the foregoing as my own-11,1 haxeiheretoafiixedmy, signature.

. BURTUS UGIEN' RO AGH, 

